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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “brooks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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92 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
brooks12581388(None) 
books115729711b_ooks
brocks145214151brocks
broods95416381broods
brook114717761brook_
brooms104915871brooms
broos75126411broo_s
crooks124914411crooks
rooks95325041_rooks
bhoots11459912bhoots
blocks144513942blocks
bloods94614842bloods
blooms104613172blooms
bloops106611342bloops
bocks134526572b_ocks
bonks116326462b_onks
boobs96221992b_oobs
book106836332b_ook_
booms95427122b_ooms
boons75031912b_oons
boors74325012b_oors
boos67955032b_oo_s
boots75837972b_oots
borks115727702b_orks
borons85520542borons
bosks115218852b_osks
branks124817382branks
breaks124816422breaks
breeks125310792breeks
bricks144614622bricks
brinks124616312brinks
brios74725722brio_s
brisks124611402brisks
broads94515152broads
brock136017072brock_
broils84114172broils
broke116019782br_oke
bromes104719762bromes
bromos104213312bromos
broncs101611152broncs
broo65129822broo__
brooch13368442brooch
brood84620242broo_d
broody124510082broody
brooked143610032brooked
brookie1347372brookie
brookies1459142brookies
broom95022212broo_m
broomy13449952broomy
bros65635662br_o_s
broses86524402broses
broths115013922broths
browns116415632browns
brows105425982br_ows
chooks155312792chooks
cooks115429142_cooks
croaks125812982croaks
crocks145118422crocks
crook115217572crook_
croons85418422croons
drools74412812drools
droops95110962droops
drouks1137122drouks
ebooks12358332ebooks
frocks154111212frocks
gooks105422882_gooks
groks105716122gr_oks
grooms94512522grooms
hooks125027122_hooks
irokos1037232irokos
kooks85217262_kooks
kroons103711242kroons
looks95124862_looks
nooks95420392_nooks
proofs114511682proofs
rocks114626412_rocks
roods65125282_roods
roofs85321152_roofs
rook85532032_rook_
rooky126117622_rooky
rooms75324682_rooms
roots55933672_roots
shooks134515632shooks
snooks104412832snooks
sooks94425452_sooks
spooks124312932spooks
stooks105115372stooks
troaks104410602troaks
trocks123614632trocks
troops85712782troops
vrooms11398712vrooms
zooks184716942_zooks

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.360496363.9
2DLD Change Limit82551922.61031628.7
3Display Results92920.0303066.7
 (SQL Overall)178691923.00059563.7
 
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